24 'J he Irish Nahualisi. Jauuary, 



ZOOLOGY. 



Freshwater Crayfish in Munster and Ulster. 



It is perhaps tweuty-five years siuce I was engaged iu deepening 

 the Sleivnaun stream, a tributary of the Diel in County Limerick. 

 One of the workmen took a Crayfish from the mud, and showed it to 

 me. I understood that they got a good many. 



R. D. O'Brien. 



Parteenalax, Limerick. 



I see note on the occurrence of the Crayfish in the Shannon. It 

 occurs abundantly in the Suir, Co. Tipperary, and Co. Waterford, and 

 tributaries I kept them for years in an aquarium ; the largest I saw 

 was nearly 4 inches. They occur also near vStrabane, in Co. Tyrone. 



Ai.Kx. H. Dicr.AP. 

 Strabane. 



I noticed in last year's Irish Natui alist {\o\. xvii., p. 205) that Crayfish 

 have only been recorded from a few counties. The}- may be met with iu 

 fair numbers in the River Erne, about a mile from Ballyshaunon. 



E. Crawford. 

 Stouenold, Ballyshaunon. 



Noticing that Mr. R. A. Phillips records the freshwater Crayfish for 

 Co. Limerick and Co. Clare in the October number of the Irish Naturalist, 

 I should like to add to the list of records Co. Tipperary. I remember 

 some years ago now finding them in numbers in a stream near Borriso- 

 kane, Co. Tipperary. 



C. _E. Y.KEXDAI.L. 



Leicester. " 



Referring to Mr. Phillips's note in October number of the Irish 

 Naturalist, I may state that the Crayfish is plentiful iu this locality, both 

 in the River Erne and in the Pullaus River at Ballintra, in both of which 

 they are often found. 



H. Al^lvINGHAM. 



Ballyshaunon. 



Orthetrum cserulescens in Co. Wexford. 



This dragonfly is not at all uncommon in peaty bogs in the north, 

 western part of Co. Wexford, towards the Blackstairs range. In the 

 valley of the small River Urrin, a tributary of thevSlaney, it is, in suitable 

 spots, often quite abundant. From Mr. Halbert's article on Dublin and 

 Wicklow Neuroptera in the British Association Handbook (p. 170) I 

 gather that all the recent records for this insect are from the province, 

 of Munster. Its occurrence in AVexford therefore seems to be worth 

 recording. 



C. B. MOKFAT. 

 iVallylixlnnd, P^nniscorthy. 



